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drops bis fare into an ingenious bos placed near tlie driver. The coins
fall on a slide where they are seen through a pane of glass by the driver,
who then tilts them into the box below. The drivers give change, the
coin being handed to them through the opening marked ‘Vexling’, but
have no access to the money-box.
Post and Telegraph Offices at the corner of the Kirke-Gade and
Karl-Johans-Gade (Pl. C, 6). Post Office (PI. 271 open from 8 a.in. to 7.30
p.m.; Suudajs 8-10 a.in. and 5-8 p.m. Telegraph Office (PI. 32), open
daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; open at night also for foreign telegrams.
Banks (open 10-2). Norske Credit-Bank, at the corner of the
Kirke-Gade and Prindsens - Gade; Christiania Bank and Credit - Kasse , Torvet,
W. side; Norges Bank. Bank-Plads; Th. Joh. Heftye <£ Son, Toldbod-Gade
20: N. A. Andresen <t Co., Kirke-Gade G; P. Henschien <b Co.,
Prindsens-Gade 22. At any of these circular notes may be changed.
Consulates. American: Torvet 2; consul, Mr. Gerhard Gade. British:
Karl-Johans-Gade 33; consul-general, Th. Michetl, Esq.
Shops. [Purchases should not be made in the presence or by the advice of
guides or couriers, as their commission is apt to be added to the price.]
Booksellers: Cammermeyer’s Boghandel, Karl-Johans-Gade 41 and 43;
Bub-wad, opposite the Post Office (p. 5); Aschehoug, Karl-Johans-Gade 43; Alb.
Cammermeyer, Karl-Johans-Gade 33 (from autumn 1839, Storthings-Gade 6),
the publisher of the ‘Norges Oommunicationer’ (see p. xix) and many
excellent maps of Norway. — DIusic Sellers: Karl Warmuth, Kirke-Gade 17
(Scandinavian music and musical instruments); Ilals, Karl-Johans-Gade27.
— Jewellers (noted for filigree and enamel work): ~J. Tostrup,
Karl-Johans-Gade 25, opposite the Storthing; Thune, Karl-Johans-Gade, S. side,
near the Øvre Slots-Gade: Andersen, corner of Kirke-Gade and
Prindsens-Gade — Norwegian Wood-carvings, Textile Fabrics, and Gilt Leather
Articles: Norsk Husfiidsholag, Karl-Johans-Gade 25. — Furriers: P. Backer, E.
Larsen, hoth in the Kongens-Gade. — Art-dealers: Blomkvist,
Karl-Johans-Gade 41 (pictures by Norwegian artists); Abel, Karl-Johans-Gade 45
(photographs and engravings). — Fancy Articles: Vollmann. Kongens-Gade 22.—
Travelling Requisites: T)r. ’Schmidt, agent of the Turist-Forening,
Kirke-Gade 21; Støren, corner of Grændse-Gade and Akers-Gade, cheaper. —
Stationery, Photographs, etc.: Olsen. Karl-Johans-Gade, near the Hotel
Skandinavie: Grønvold, Kongens-Gade 29; Andvord (best photographs),
opposite the post-office, next door to Dybwad’s (see above). — Preserved
Meats, etc.: E. Lexow i Co., Toldbod-Gade 8; C. J. Christophersen <£• Co.,
under the Hotel Skandinavie; Bergtcitz. Øvre Slots-Gade; Chr. Magnus,
Karl-Johans-Gade33, next door to the Grand Hotel. — Shoemaker: Solberg,
Karl-Johans-Gade, near the Hotel Skandinavie. — Cigars: Jebe, Gløersen,
& Co., Karl-Johans-Gade. — Travelling requisites of all kinds may also
be purchased of Mr. T. Bennet, Store Strand-Gade 17.
Turist-Foreningen (see Introd. iv.). Secretary, Mr. T. Slrandenæs, at
the office of the ‘Aftenposten’.
Newspapers at the principal hotels, and at the Athenaeum (p. 6),
Akers-Gade, at the back of the Storthings Building, a reading-club to which
travellers are admitted for a fortnight when introduced by a member.
Baths. Christiania-Bad, at the corner of Munkedamsvejen and
Rings-gangen, nearly opposite the University, wTith modern appliances, Roman
baths, &c.; Badeanstalt (Pl. C. 1>,5). Torv-Gade. Warm salt-water baths
at the Victoria Terrace (p. 10). — Baths in the Fjord: Hygaaa (20 ft.) and
Sølyst (10 0.), for swimmers. The baths at Bygdø (p. 14) are more
esteemed on account of the greater purity of the water. The rise and fall of
the tide averages 1-2 ft. only.
Theatres and Music. Christiania-Theater (PI. 33; C 7), Bank-Plads,
usually closed in summer. Boxes 2’A kr., pit 1 kr. 60 0. — At the Tivoli
(Pl. B,’ 7; with a restaurant), in the Eidsvolds-Plads. nearly opposite the
University, concerts and theatrical performances take place daily
(sometimes operas); admission 1/4-l kr. — Military Music daily at 2-3 p.m. (Sun.
12.30 to 1.30), and occasionally in the evening, in the Studenterlunden (p.6).
Diorama of the Lyngentjord and other Norwegian landscapes,
Karl-Johans-Gade 41.
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